HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook PC

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 3%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 35%
Jet ski
Workstation
Workstation 3%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 36%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics2.37% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive46.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory6GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 6GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Very high background CPU (93%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemHP Pavilion dv7 Notebook PC  (all builds)
MotherboardHewlett-Packard 3593
Memory3.1 GB free of 6 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20110913
Uptime5 Days
Run DateOct 06 '17 at 12:03
Run Duration172 Seconds
Run User FIN-User
Background CPU 93%

 PC Performing as expected (41st percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD A4-3310MX APU
Socket FS1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 2.1 GHz, turbo 2.1 GHz (avg)
Performing as expected (52nd percentile)
36% Below average
Memory 64.2
1-Core 17.2
2-Core 43.9
30% 41.8 Pts
4-Core 47.9
8-Core 55.4
7% 51.7 Pts
64-Core 47.5
3% 47.5 Pts
Poor: 25%
This bench: 36%
Great: 40%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 6480G
HP(103C 3593) 512MB
Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.0
Performing above expectations (64th percentile)
2.37% Terrible
Lighting 2.73
Reflection 4.46
Parallax 2.16
2% 3.12 fps
MRender 3.33
Gravity 1.73
Splatting 4.22
3% 3.09 fps
Poor: 1%
This bench: 2.37%
Great: 2%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38
84GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 603ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing below expectations (31st percentile)
46.6% Average
Read 491
Write 132
Mixed 207
60% 276 MB/s
4K Read 13.9
4K Write 32.8
4K Mixed 10.3
52% 19 MB/s
DQ Read 85.2
DQ Write 76.3
DQ Mixed 32.3
38% 64.6 MB/s
Poor: 30%
This bench: 46.6%
Great: 73%
General USB Flash Disk 8GB
7GB free, PID 8003
Operating at USB 2.0 Speed
Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete
Read 16.1
Write 5.95
10% 11 MB/s
Poor: 2% Great: 8%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Samsung M471B5773DH0-CH9 Micron 16JSF51264HZ-1G4D1 6GB
1333, 1333 MHz
2048, 4096 MB
Performing below potential (18th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
25% Poor
MC Read 9.4
MC Write 8.4
MC Mixed 9.1
26% 8.97 GB/s
SC Read 3.5
SC Write 3.8
SC Mixed 6.7
13% 4.67 GB/s
Latency 116
34% 116 ns
Poor: 15%
This bench: 25%
Great: 48%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical Pavilion dv7 Notebook PC Builds (Compare 1,338 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 2%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 51%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 2%
Tree trunk

System: HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook PC

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 57% - Above average Total price: $228
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